its an excellent piece of journalism. The author and his helpers have done alot of researching and produced a very informative article. How one can accuse this for propaganda I don't know. Are you a russian troll or something?
What Yemeni defenses? There are none, and there is no story about it.
The NY Times has covered the outrageous Saudi behavior extensively.
"Saudis Try to Starve Yemen Into Submission" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/opinion/saudi-arabia-yeme...
"Yemen’s War Is a Tragedy. Is It Also a Crime?" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/world/middleeast/yemen-cr...
"2 Paths for Yemen’s War-Scarred Children: Combat, or Marriage" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/world/middleeast/yemen-wa...
"‘It’s a Slow Death’: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/world/middlee...
"U.S. Fingerprints on Attacks Obliterating Yemen’s Economy" https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/world/middleeast/yemen-sa...
I could keep going. Trying to characterize them as excusing the Saudis somehow seems to misrepresent their reporting.